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W.W. Grainger Inc. (GWW): Today's Featured Wholesale Laggard

Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link.

W.W. Grainger (
GWW) pushed the Wholesale industry lower today making it today's featured Wholesale laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 1.8%. By the end of trading, W.W. Grainger fell $3.89 (-1.5%) to $250.72 on average volume. Throughout the day, 426,446 shares of W.W. Grainger exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 536,900 shares. The stock ranged in price between $250.71-$255.93 after having opened the day at $255.65 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $254.61. Other companies within the Wholesale industry that declined today were:
Crystal Rock Holdings (
CRVP), down 7.3%,
Forward Industries (
FORD), down 7.2%,
Commercial Vehicle Group (
CVGI), down 6.9% and
China Metro-Rural Holdings (
CNR), down 5.8%.

W.W. Grainger, Inc. operates as a distributor of maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) supplies; and other related products and services that are used by businesses and institutions in the United States and Canada. W.W. Grainger has a market cap of $17.3 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are down 0.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 8 analysts that rate W.W. Grainger a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates
W.W. Grainger as a
buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity, growth in earnings per share and increase in stock price during the past year. Although no company is perfect, currently we do not see any significant weaknesses which are likely to detract from the generally positive outlook.